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Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived. Following a migratory childhood that spanned Kabul and north India, Gulbadan spent her middle years in a walled harem established by her nephew Akbar to showcase his authority as the Great Emperor.

London, 1857: Two teenage girls holding a sign that says "Fugitive Slaves" ask for money on the corner of Blackman Street. After a constable accosts them and charges them with begging, they end up in court, where newspapers pick up their story. Are the girls truly escaped slaves from Kentucky? Or will the city's dystopian Mendicity Society catch them in a lie, exposing them as born-and-raised Londoners and endangering their safety? With its many accounts of people like these who lived and made their living on the streets, Vagabonds forms a moving picture of London's most compelling period.

1978 - a chance meeting on a remote military airbase between two Green Berets involved in the same operation leads to a partnership that will last over 40 years. Four years after that meeting, Nick Brokhausen and Jeff Miller leave the service within a few weeks of each other and begin an odyssey that takes them to dozens of countries on five continents.

Join Ralph Keeler on a captivating journey through his life, filled with humor, adventure, and a touch of literary brilliance. Once a struggling novelist, Keeler found his voice in this autobiography, which showcases his connections with notable figures like satirist Bret Harte and essayist William Dean Howells. Mark Twain was so taken with Keeler that he penned an essay titled Ralph Keeler in his honor. In a dramatic twist, Keelers life took a perilous turn in 1873 when a Spanish loyalist threw him overboard during his voyage to Cuba, protesting his support for the revolutionary anti-Spanish ...

Chroniques Vagabondes est une série d’objets sonores originaux. Elle entremêle récit de voyage et création musicale.Nous suivons Paul et Thomas, deux amis partis se frotter à la route et à ce qu’elle peut proposer. Incertitude permanente, dépendance à autrui, corps sales enduits de gaz d’échappements, nuits épiques, passage radio, tumulte à cheval, ascenseurs émotionnels... Elle relate trois mois d’errance et de rencontres impromptues de la côte Est de l’Uruguay à Santiago de Chile.Chacun va alors raconter sa vision du voyage, à sa manière. C’est donc dans une ...

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